“They are concerned about Democratic races all around the country,” he said. “I see it as what has become an overly politicized process.” – Gov. David Paterson, on the political process we call a campaign.
“Online reviewers are a little like T-Ball parents: To them, everyone’s a winner. Though the Internet is laden with snark and meanness, customer reviews are a bastion of the positive, with the average grade sitting at about 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to Bazaarvoice, a company that provides review software.” Um yeah…. online people are only gonna review stuff they’re choosing to buy.
These guys built a platform to house an HD cam corder, attached a GPS tracking device and tied it to a weather balloon and landing parachute. They got the camera up to over 100,000 feet, where the curvature of the Earth is visible.
Outfielder Matt Carson does not have the ball from his first big-league home run – the fan who caught it Monday refused to give it up unless he was paid for it.
The A’s usually trade a signed bat for a milestone baseball, sometimes throwing in a few hats or a shirt, but they will not pay for returned balls.
“I only want money,” the fan told clubhouse personnel before leaving.
“He wanted a lot, too,” said Carson, who like others heard that the demand was $10,000, although that could not be confirmed. “Kind of a bummer. They authenticated the bat I used, though, so I’ll do something with that.
“It would have been nice to have the ball, and I would have been happy to give him a bat and signed it – that’s more than a baseball, anyway. But that’s OK, I have a souvenir, I’m happy.” – SFGate
What they should have done was get the “fan”’s name and made him famous. All that guy’s got now is a ball that no one will believe is the real deal and a whole lot of bad karma.
Best quote I’ve read this week. (Yes I know it’s only Monday).
We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn’t have the podium. The message that’s delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we’re going to put on because that’s what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That’s just where the culture’s gotten. – Dave Matthews, on CNN
It’s your big night. You win an award. You walk up stage in your new dress. You start to speak and then some guy comes up, takes the mic, and says someone else’s video was better.
Tomorrow, someone’s going to be wishing he didn’t attend the VMAs tonight.
What could possibly have caused all this vitriol, you wonder? The Ikea catalog has switched from Futura to Verdana.
Here’s the Futura font…
And here’s the Verdana font…
Ikea responds: “We’re surprised,” the Ikea spokeswoman Camilla Meiby said. “But I think it’s mainly experts who have expressed their views, people who are interested in fonts. I don’t think the broad public is that interested.”
This whole uproar makes me laugh because it’s so reminiscent of so many situations in life. Some small group of people feel really strongly about something and they go to all extremes to demonize what they’ve come to hate. And then, no matter how small the group, the amount of righteous rage makes it newsworthy. Sound familiar?
This also reminds me of when my guitar player friends ask me “do you like this tone (followed by loud distorted noodling)? or this one better (followed by loud distorted noodling)? If you’re wondering, my response is always the same “Play the first one again. OK, now the second one. Dude, definitely the second one.” To me, it’s just Futura and Verdana.
